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by Sharon Steel | June 19, 2008
The winning story of Boston Review's 15th annual fiction contest is online ; I think it's unpretentious and moving. Advance Reading Copies are the new cute dogs -- they do all the romantic luring for you. (They also make excellent -- and free...

In Flames

by Sharon Steel | May 19, 2008
The Harvard Book Store has some lovely events and readings scheduled for early June -- the main one we're excited about is David Sedaris on June 6, though we just found out it was sold out! Oi. Obvs the HBS would have hosted the former Christmas elf...

Making Love With Norman

by Sharon Steel | April 23, 2008
How stoked was Richard Johnson when he and the rest of the Page Six crew got to slap the headline " Mailer's Lust Goes to Harvard " on today's Post ? We're still getting over the ick-factor, but the item is pretty interesting, if...

Mortified: Love is a Battlefield tomorrow at the Paradise Lounge

by Sharon Steel | February 05, 2008
In this week's fishwrap we chatted with Mortified creator David Nadelberg about social wallflowers, accidental art, and his new romance-themed anthology. It's 275 pages filled with brutally humiliating tales of love and lust and youth. We cannot...

Attention, Roller Derby scribes!

by Sharon Steel | January 29, 2008
Oh, we love oddly theme magazine issues. MediaBistro's GalleyCat alerted us to the fact that the literary magazine Barrelhouse is seeking your best roller derby writing for an upcoming issue . Some details to bear in mind: Barrelhouse wants: "Fiction...

Knighted

by Sharon Steel | January 23, 2008
The New York Times has an interesting essay in their Sunday Book Review about how Elie Weisel's Night became a best-seller ... again.

Anne Sexton Tribute this Sunday, Nov. 18th

by Sharon Steel | November 16, 2007
From the inbox: Tribute to poet Anne Sexton Sunday, November 18th at 2 pm Don't miss our 5th annual celebration of the life and legacy of Anne Sexton, featuring readings and reminiscences by four friends and colleagues Join us for our annual tribute...

Best American Essays tonight at the Brookline Booksmith

by Sharon Steel | November 08, 2007
Editor DAVID FOSTER WALLACE lead a formidable group of contributors in a discussion of this year's answer to The Best American Essays . And tonight, Elaine Scarry, Jerald Walker, and Robert Atwan will bring their work to the reading stage. So if you've...

Poetry Series Alert

by Sharon Steel | August 21, 2007
From the inbox: Pierre Menard Gallery on Arrow Street has offered space to Somerville-based Cervena Barva Press editor and publisher, Gloria Mindock, for a new series that will run monthly through April 2008. Mary Bonina is helping coordinate the series...

Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant

by Sharon Steel | August 09, 2007
Tonight! Steve Almond, Laura Dave, and editor Jenni Ferarri-Adler read from Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone . Twenty-six writers (including Nora Ephron, Ann Patchett, and Haruki Murakami) reflect...

Grub turns 10: Party tonight

by Nina MacLaughlin | July 27, 2007
A decade ago, Eve Bridburg started Grub Street, Inc., Boston's independent writing center. Eight thousand students later, Grub celebrates it's 10th anniversary tonight on Boston Common, across the street from Grub headquarters at 160 Boylston...

Get Your Harry Potter Slash On

by Sharon Steel | July 03, 2007
If our posting schedule seems irregular in the next week or so, it's because we're really busy listening to "Save Ginny Weasley" on repeat and blushing over novel-length Harry Potter fan fiction that involves...naughtiness: "Please...

HOWL: On the Road in Lowell

by Sharon Steel | June 18, 2007
Having taken meticulous notes and planned the novel during his cross-country travels, JACK KEROUAC wrote the first draft of On the Road in a three-week burst of creativity, taping sheets of paper together so they could run through his typewriter uninterrupted...

WEDNESDAY: Rishi Reddi at Borders

by Sharon Steel | June 12, 2007
The lit buzz circulating around Brookline native RISHI REDDI reminds us of the hype that surrounded Jhumpa Lahiri back when The Interpreter of Maladies — a collection she began writing at Boston University’s Creative Writing program that went on to win...

826 to open its doors in Roxbury this summer

by Sharon Steel | May 17, 2007
From the inbox: Dear friends of 826 Boston: First, we apologize for being out of touch. We've been very busy this spring putting together all the nuts and bolts of the organization. We cannot wait to open our doors to the Boston community this summer...

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